Hurricane Maria, 5mm, Silver & 14K Balls
Hurricane Maria was a Category 5 storm that decimated Dominica, St. Croix and Puerto Rico just two weeks after Irma destroyed St. Thomas, Water Island, St. John, and the BVIs in September 2017. Maria is said to be the worst natural disaster on record to affect these islands, and was the deadliest and costliest. Each ball on this piece signifies the number of categories the storm was.